Author Archives: Koi Pond Counseling

Compliments

Well, well… I have just met with a friend from long ago to catch up and share some professional information and experience. I had a wonderful time as is often the case when I catch up with someone that life’s … Continue reading

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The Best of Intentions.

I started this blog with the best on intentions: I would finally pursue writing on a regular basis (something I have long dreamed of doing), I would inform, enrich, and entertain readers (hopefully), and I would learn a lot about … Continue reading

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Motivation and Alternatives

There is a conundrum I have slowly been realizing that I’m facing; I am forever interested in new things, ideas, learning opprtunities, growth opportunities, books, movies, friends, etc. I suppose I am not that different from many people, including those … Continue reading

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Testing

I am currently testing a blog app on my iPhone that I hope will allow me to post a bit more frequently than I currently do. I, like many, find myself full of ideas but challenged with limited time in … Continue reading

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The Choice of Love

I recently watched a movie entitled “Paris, Je T’aime” (Paris, I loveyou) in which 20 different directors directed 20 short films based in Paris and all dealing with the central theme of love, in all of its guises. I found … Continue reading

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Purpose

While attending graduate school a friend recommended a book by noted Existential Psychologist Victor Frankl. I was struck by the poignancy of “Man’s Search for Meaning” and the central tenet of both Frankl’s thesis and his therapeutic approach: human beings … Continue reading

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Courage (and risk)

It only takes guts to get started. Once something has begun, we then throw ourselves into the work and into taking care of the details and occasionally step back to take a look at the broader vision. But it is … Continue reading

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Creativity and Life

“By being creative we really do fall in love with the world. And in that moment we transform the ordinary into the extraordinary” -Dewitt JonesFor the past couple of years I have been bit by the proverbial photography bug. It … Continue reading

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DoGood

I have to admit that I am taken by the sheer creativity the iPhone entails, expresses, and encourages. It is an impressive piece of technology that has allowed people to communicate in an infinite number of ways: through text, email, … Continue reading

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To Inspire, Enrich, and Inform

It has taken me some time to write this first blog, and I hope this is not a preview of things to come. It is my intention to write a new entry every other week or so. Because this is … Continue reading

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